And Then There Was Silence

Uzbekistan / Drama, Environmental, Silent, Video art / 00:05:20 min

Water like a memory contains the many processes – our emotions, feelings, mood - it all has its own sound. This short experiment shows the power of water, unpredictability and unique of sound. In which sound is associated as the "presence of life", and silence as its absence.
Thursday 21.8. 19:00
Block 9
Cafe Cup


Film maker
Dante Rustav

Was born in Tashkent (Uzbekistan). Directed his first short film in 2020, based on his own script "The Invasion" and won the Young Jury Award at 26th Nancy IFF (France) Special Award at 25th Split IFF. Also was shown in festivals at Tirana IFF, "ShortShorts" (Tokyo), “GoEast” (Wiesbaden) etc. Since 2016, he has been promoting independent Uzbek films (in which he acted mostly as a producer) - during this time, the films have been shown at 300 international festivals with various awards. Since 2020, he has been involved in curatorial programs, participating as a selector and jury in various festivals. In 2022 founded and hosted - first in 30 years of the Uzbekistan independence - International Animation Festival (TIAF) And at the moment he is the program director of TIAF festival.